Suspected militants on Sunday night shot dead a cable operator in Shopian district of Kashmir, police said. The gunmen shot at Hilal Ahmad Malik near his residence at Malik Mohalla in Shopian at around 8.00 pm, a police official said. This is third shooting incident in south Kashmir by unknown gunmen in past 24 hours. Earlier, a bullet riddled body of a teenage boy was recovered from an orchard at Dhobipora in Shopian on Sunday. Militants shot dead a PDP worker at Dialgam in Anantnag district on Saturday evening.

Source: Indian Express August 20, 2017 16:52 UTC